Departmental Events

STEAR Easter social event!

Our student reps (STEAR) are organising an Easter social event. They're incredibly keen to have more staff attend these socials so they can build a community with us. They understand that when things go out of hours it may not be possible for staff to attend, but if you do have some spare time on Thursday 21st March (5-6.30pm) please do come along to our foyer.

Our students really want to celebrate with us and build a community so please do come along if you can, even if just for part of the event!

DEG Seminar

Sustainability Education Conversation

Other Events

Neurodiversity Celebration Week 2024 - Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

The University is celebrating neurodiversity week from Monday 18th to Sunday 25th March 2024.
Click here to read more!

Good News and Media Engagement

Luke Andrews and Oliver Wilson will be hosting the Yorkshire Palaeoecology Group meeting in our department on the afternoon of the 24th April, 2024. This hybrid meeting is for anyone with an interest in archaeological or palaeoecological research. We are currently inviting people to register their interest in attending the meeting. If you're interested, please fill in this questionnaire. We warmly welcome all to join (despite the name, your work does not have to be relevant to Yorkshire to be of interest to this group!)

⭐ Richard Friend was quoted (and joint paper with Samarthia Thankappan and Bob Doherty et al was referenced) in article published in the Diplomat about the impact of hydropower development in the Mekong on fisheries and nutrition https://thediplomat.com/2024/02/where-have-all-the-mekong-rivers-fish-gone/

⭐ Richard Friend was invited to present his work on systemic risk to the Global FEWTure Alliance programme led by the University of Maryland.

⭐ Lindsay Stringer is a co-author on a paper published in One Earth which builds on her IPCC work and identifies the key research gaps in climate mobility. The full reference is: Simpson N, Gilmore EA, Siders AR, Holden P, Anderson B, Singh C, Sabour S, Stringer LC, Sterly H, Williams PA, Meyer ALS, Cundill G, Rosengaertner S, Nunow A, Amakrane K, Trisos CH. 2024. Research priorities for climate mobility. One Earth https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2024.02.002

⭐ Sarah Bridle was invited to appear as an expert speaker at a workshop held as part of the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission's Food Conversation. The Food Conversation is a UK wide project asking citizens what they want from food. This workshop was introduction for citizens to the food system.

⭐ Congratulations to Jamie Carr, Banki Chunwate, Ellie Jew, Josh Kirshner, Rob Marchant and Lindsay Stringer, who together with colleagues from Nigeria and UCL published a new paper in Regional Environmental Change linked to Lindsay's Royal Society International Collaboration award: Salisu, A.T., Barau, A.S., Carr, J.A, Chunwate B, Jew EKK, Kirshner JD, Marchant RA, Tomei J, Stringer LC 2024 The forgotten bread oven: local bakeries, forests and energy transition in Nigeria. Reg Environ Change 24, 40 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-024-02194-8

⭐ Darpan Das along with Sohail Ahmed and Josh Kirshner published an article, titled 'Opportunities and challenges associated with the uptake of residential clean fuel usage,' in Current Environmental Health Reports. Click here to read: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40572-024-00438-7

⭐ Anika Haque was invited to the AXA IM UK headquarter in London on the 7th March to give a talk on her reserach. It was a very well attended event where more than 100 AXA employees were present.

⭐ Angela Purdham and the Employability Team welcomed back 9 of our Alumni to our Semester 2 Employability Showcase event 'Grill our Grads' in which all 4 UG programmes were represented. Our brilliant alumni shared their experiences, career journeys so far and top tips with UG and PG students from the Department before taking their questions in the panel session. Valuable connections were made over the networking session. We will soon have some snapshot footage to use at future events and visit days thanks to Paul Drury-Bradey. Thank you to various colleagues in the Student Services Team for their help with the planning and promotion.

Research Opportunities and Updates

Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) - Upcoming Webinars

The Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) will be holding a series of webinars which staff at York have been invited to attend. Please see below details:

How We Fund: a deep dive into our approach to funding and our funding terms followed by Q&A When: 20th March from 14:00-15:00 GMT Led by: Antonia Jenkinson, CFO/COO; Tammy Thomas-Brown, Director of Procurement, Alexander Berry, Principal Lawyer Register here |

What We’re Working On: an introduction into ARIA’s model and our focal research areas followed by Q&A (Part I) When: 18th March from 15:00-16:00 GMT Led by: Pippy James, Director of Product and Programme Directors Suraj Bramhavar (Nature Computes Better), davidad Dalrymple (Mathematics for Safe AI), Jenny Read (Smarter Robot Bodies) and Jacques Carolan (Precisely interfacing with the human brain at scale) Register here |

What We’re Working On: an introduction into ARIA’s model and our focal research areas followed by Q&A (Part II) When: 3rd April from 15:00-16:00 BST Led by: Pippy James, Director of Product and Programme Directors Gemma Bale (Scoping Our Planet), Angie Burnett (Programmable Plants) and Mark Symes (Future-proofing Our Climate) Register here.

Ahead of the webinars, you may find the presentation on Aria's model and our opportunity spaces helpful.

If you are not able to join the live sessions, please register using the links above to be informed when the presentation recordings are available.

Should you have any questions or require further information, please contact hello@aria.org.uk.